Product manual

NL200 Network Link Interface
7.3.2 Configuring the NL200
RS-232 PakBus Router
• Connect to the NL200 in DevConfig (see Section 5).
• On the NL200 tab:
o Set Bridge Mode to ‘disable’.
• On the RS-232 tab:
o Set Configuration to ‘PakBus’.
o Set Baud Rate to baud rate of attached device.
o Set Beacon Interval, Verify Interval, and PakBus Neighbors Allowed
as described above. Often the default values can be used. However,
an allowed neighbors list can be useful in restricting communication
paths.
• On the Network Services tab:
o Make note of the PakBus\TCP Server Port. (The default PakBus/TCP
Server Port is 6785. Unless firewall issues exist, it is not necessary to
change the port from its default value.)
CS I/O PakBus Router
• Connect to the NL200 in DevConfig (see Section 6).
• On the NL200 tab:
o Set Bridge Mode to ‘disable’.
• On the CS I/O tab:
o Set Configuration to ‘PakBus’.
o Set SDC address. (Note that if multiple peripherals are connected to a
datalogger’s CS I/O port, each must have a unique SDC address.)
o Set Beacon Interval and Verify Interval as described above. Often the
default values can be used.
• On the Network Services tab:
o Make note of the PakBus\TCP Server Port. (The default PakBus/TCP
Server Port is 6785. Unless firewall issues exist, it is not necessary to
change the port from its default value.)
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